Spoon.



No. 780,781. PATENTED JAN. 24, 1905.

H. H. CURTIS.

SPOON.

vALLBLIOATION FILED DEO. 16. 1904.

ATTORN EY UNITED STATES Patented January 24, 1905.

PATENT OFFICE.

SPOON.,y

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 780,781, dated January24, 1905.

Application filed December 16, 1904. Serial No. 237,086.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HENRY H. CURTIs, acitizen of the United States,residing at North Attleboro, in the county of Bristol and State ofMassachusetts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inSpoons, of which the following is a specification, reference being hadtherein to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relatesto baby-spoons, and has for its primary objectsincreased strength, cheapness, and utility. Originally solder wasemployed upon spoons of this type to join the extremities of the loopedhandle to the bowl. The heat required in the soldering process annealedand weakened the structure at its point extremity of the looped handledetached. The

free end, however, invited accidental interference with the clothing orbody of the infant.

To the above ends my invention consists in the novel structurehereinafter described, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings,wherein- Figure l is a plan elevation of a spoon-blank embodying myinvention; Fig. 2, a like view of the same bent into final form andswaged, and Fig. 3 a perspective view of the same.

Like reference-letters indicate like parts throughout the views.

My new spoon and its construction is as follows: From a strip of silveror other suitable met-al is stamped and out by suitable dies a fiatblank comprising the bowl A and handle B. The latter haslaterally-swelled portions and b2, intermediate which is a restrictedportion t. 'Ihe handle has lateral notches c adjacent the bowl, and itsextremity is bifurcated, having two prongs or projections rl withinwardly-directed extremities d.

To complete the spoon, the bowl portion A is cupped in the usual mannerand the handle B is looped with the swelled portion Z) in the upper limbof the handle and the portion b2 in" the lower limb thereof. Therestricted portion b forms the end of the loop. The prongs d registerinthe notches c, where the prong v extremities are swaged or otherwiseinwardly bent over the portion of the handle intermediate the notches.

The restricted or narrowed portion of the handle b/ facilitates thehandling of the spoon. Having described my invention, what I claimis- 1. A spoon of the type set forth formed from a single blankcomprising a bowl, a handle in loop form upon the bowl, and means uponthe handle extremity for engaging the portion of the handle adjacent thebowl.

2. A spoon of the type set forth comprising a bowl, a looped handleintegral with the bowl, and prongs upon the handle extremity engagingthe portion of the handle adjacent the bowl. v

3. A spoon-of the type set forth comprising a bowl, a looped handleintegral with the bowl and provided adjacent the bowl with notches, andprongs upon the handle extremity registering in the notches.

4. A spoon of the type set forth comprising a bowl, a looped handleintegral with the bowl comprising broad upper and lower limbs and aretracted portion intermediate said limbs, and means upon the handleextremity for engaging the portion of the handle adjacent the bowl.

In testimony whereof I have aiiixed my signature in presence of twowitnesses.

HENRY H. CURTIS.

